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2006-06-25 14:13:36 · 2 answers · asked by fArah k 1 in Computers & Internet Internet

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The Internet is a series of interconnected networks. Those networks all share in common the use of TCP/IP. Routers are employed to move data from one network to another. A variety of agencies are involved that handle administration of the network numbers each network needs to make the Internet function. At its most basic level, the Internet works because every computer that is connected to it has a unique IP number to identify it. I've linked to the organization that provides IP number allocation for the US and a variety of other countries.

Of course the Internet has many other services that are built on top of TCP/IP. Many of these services were established through a Request for Comment (RFC) system, where innovators published specifications for other types of protocols or data transfers. This standards process has been very important to the growth of the Internet. For things like the world wide web, someone designed a protocol for way that web browsers and web servers could talk to each other (HTTP protocol) and if you google for HTTP RFC you'll find the original documents that were published that describe how HTTP should work.

2006-06-25 14:52:24 · answer #1 · answered by Gizmo L 4 · 0 0

Ask Al Gore. He invented it.

2006-06-25 21:18:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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